eVideo
hoopla Instant
The Machine That Made Us
Year
2019
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
59m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Stephen Fry, Barbara Rupp, Cornelia Schneider
Directed By
Patrick McGrady
Publication Information
Dreamscape Media
Summary
The printing press was the world's first piece of mass-production technology. Its invention changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space. It ignited a cultural revolution that shaped the modern age. It changed the way our brains work, replacing a spoken culture with a written one. It is the machine that made us who we are today. Viewers will travel with Stephen Fry on a journey to explore the story of the machine and of the man who created it: Johann Gutenberg. The journey will be shaped by the search for answers to two central questions: how did Gutenberg do it, and why?